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Slightly off topic, I wanted to take a moment to mention the World Series 2022. Specifically, the Houston Astros. See, growing up in New Orleans, LA and spending a good bit of time in Mobile, AL, I never really got into baseball like I did football (Geaux Saints!). But when I did dabble in MLB,… Continue reading→
For the sake of diversification, I’ve decided it is time to add a post, or two, on model rocketry. For my first ever launch, with the assistance of my kids (M filmed and T retrieved), I must admit to being an overly protective parent. I didn’t know what to expect. In an effort to model… Continue reading→
The Ring Nebula is a planetary nebula in the mildly northern constellation of Lyra. Such a nebula is formed when a star, during the last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf, expels a vast luminous envelope of ionized gas into the surrounding interstellar space.
In honor of Halloween here’s a pun of a post. Reminiscent of the 80’s movie “Beetle Juice,” here’s its astronomical namesake, Betelgeuse. This star is a red supergiant of spectral type M1-2 and one of the largest stars visible to the naked eye. If Betelgeuse were at the center of our Solar System, its surface… Continue reading→
M32, a.k.a. NGC 221, is a dwarf elliptical galaxy, which is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31, NGC 224). It’s smaller, fainter but just as cool! Perhaps even a more rewarding find because it’s a bit more difficult to spot. In the first image above, M32 is the smaller smudge circled in yellow on… Continue reading→
While poking around the Cassiopeia constellation the other night, I spotted a unique star arrangement. When I connected the dots it looked ET phoning home. Big ole bug eyes and all! Without knowing what it was, or if it was anything special, I took a picture just because it looked cool. While perusing the telescope… Continue reading→
